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"I missed golf so much." Since pandemic half a million Irish now playing golf #GolfBoom

During the pandemic golf was one of the most missed sports, with listeners contacting us daily a...

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09.56 7 Oct 2021


"I missed golf so much." Since pandemic half a million Irish now playing golf #GolfBoom


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09.56 7 Oct 2021


During the pandemic golf was one of the most missed sports, with listeners contacting us daily asking when can it return? Since the lockdown golf clubs have seen a boom in membership and long waiting lists to join. According to Golf Ireland, the number of people playing golf over the last year shot up to over half a million. Henry McKean met Andy Kenny from Synergy Golf and visited St Margaret's Golf and Country Club in Dublin to find out why people missed golf so much.

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